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Over the course of almost two years in the late 1980s, he subjected them to repeated sexual abuse at his caravan in the East Neuk of Fife.

The abuse only stopped in the spring of 1989, when one of the boys suffered a head injury in an accident and died.

In the mid-90s, Glass targeted another boy, then aged between nine and 11, forcing him to bathe with him and carrying out sex acts on him while he slept.

Glass, 59, of Kilrenny, near Anstruther, was found guilty of five charges on indictment of lewd, indecent and ­libidinous practices and behaviour committed between August 1987 and April 1989 on two victims and between July 1994 and August 1996 on a third.

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Speaking outside court, one of Glass’s victims, who cannot be named, said: “I’m still shaking, even now, after having to give evidence. I’m glad he’s been given a long sentence. He has caused us all kinds of problems.”

A family member added: “He tried to make out in court that he was a businessman who was being targeted by the boys for money.

“This happened in a small community and he had people believing him. Now they will know the truth.

“The boys were so brave to stand up and tell the jury what happened to them. The jury believed them – they didn’t believe Glass.”

Glass was released in early 2016 after he was jailed in 2014 for virtually ­identical offences committed in the same area between 2004 and 2012.

Jailing him yesterday, Sheriff Tom Hughes told Glass he was a “danger to children”. He added: “Your offending had ­catastrophic consequences for your victims.